After watching the new Star Trek movie I suddenly felt a need to watch the older ones, I'd heard a lot of good things about most of the movies (especially, Wrath of Khan and First Contact) and was looking for something slightly more intellectually stimulating than the Trek I'd just watched.
So I watched the first Star Trek movie and... well let's just say its quite a change of pace from this new version.
With the first 30 minutes of the movie being a 20 minute long exposition shot of the Enterprise in space (which may have been amazing in the 70's but is very dated now) the movie seems incredibly drawn out and boring.
The story is that the crew of the Enterprise must head out to intercept a giant alien space cloud that is heading towards the earth. The majority of the movie takes place on the Enterprise bridge and nothing really happens until the last 30 minutes of the movie. I'll give it credit for trying to explore some interesting themes about existentialism and meaning, but it really wasn't anything I hadn't seen or read before.
With long shots of space and trippy imagery similar to 2001's ending sequence, the visual are still kind of interesting and were most likely more impressive back in the day or while on mushrooms.
The best thing about this movie is that it uses the Next Generation theme song! I never actually followed "The Next Generation" TV show but I immediately recognized the music when I heard it, that really says something about how iconic these theme songs really are.
For a quick listen check out the original theme song and the movie theme song here:
Original Trek theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rqlz9r3h2g
"Next Generation" and Movie theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AiSbxZYViE
I will be watching all the Star Trek movies within the next month or two. I'll try to watch some other movies in between to not become too repetitive. I'll try to cut down on the length of the review especially if I'm doing a lot of them. Also, some people *cough* *cough* are reading these reviews without checking out the links attached to them. If I post a Youtube link or whatever, check it out! Otherwise you won't experience the full potential of the review. Like right now go listen to the theme songs because they're fucking awesome! Just do it!
-BeaverMoose
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